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  1. Hivetool2021

    Bs honey bees

    Hi all, I'm going to place a pretty big order with bs honey bees,(not bees) is anyone aware of any discount codes, thankyou
  2. Hivetool2021

    Demaree question

    Sure is crazy, what did you to resolve it
  3. Hivetool2021

    Demaree question

    Hi all, please can you help, 3 weeks ago I did a demaree on 2 of my hives , initially all good queen started to lay, both have 3 to 4 frames of brood and I was faced with swarm cells , pic attached. There is plenty of room I the brood box, 3 supers above with space and also the brood box on top...
  4. Hivetool2021

    Please help

    Hi all, I have a small colony in my garden and have noticed after a couple of days a few dead bees outside the nuc box. , I have attached a photo, has any one else had this happen to their bees
  5. Hivetool2021

    Demaree superceedure

    you can't, that's again how a Demaree works if you keep the Demarree 'rolling by moving brood up to the top box every inspection and moving the vacayed frames back down to replace them - the bees will move any nectar already stored there back up. Byt at the end of the season you just let them...
  6. Hivetool2021

    Demaree superceedure

    Hi the QC were in the middle of the frame in the UBB , it's been 12 days since I done the demaree, so worker's must of moved eggs up I reckon
  7. Hivetool2021

    Demaree superceedure

    Hi thank you for the the reply, how you stop the bees from back filling the top box with nectar, do you dummy down to the only frames of brood up there, many thanks
  8. Hivetool2021

    Emergency feeding

    Hi all I recently hives 2 nucs, and due to expansion I put a super of foundation on last weekend which they are drawing well. Inoectibg today, noticed they haven't much stores, and given the current weather I'm concerned about starvation, can u feed 1.1 with the super of foundation on Any...
  9. Hivetool2021

    Demaree superceedure

    Hi all I was checking my colonies today, currently undertaking a demeree on one. The method I adopted was nearly 2 weeks ago, queen and 1 frame of brood in lower box, QX, 2 supers, QX then existing brood box. On inspections today I notice a few superceedure cells in the top box, us thus...
  10. Hivetool2021

    Production hive

    Thankyou, so basically full colonies that are expanding at the expected rate, and hopefully bringing in the nectar....if it ever warms up.
  11. Hivetool2021

    Production hive

    Hi all Recently I keep heard a bee keeper say he has a apairy for his production hives. Excuse if this is a daft question, but what's the difference between a production hive and a normal hive. Or there is no difference Thank you
  12. Hivetool2021

    Double brood.

    Hi all Apologies if there have been posts on a similar question, I have a very prolific queen, currently on 7 frames if brood, 4 which are sealed. They are on a national, and on last inspection a few days ago added a super to allow for extra space, and give the beesa job of drawing the...
  13. Hivetool2021

    Hello

    Hi, thank you for letting me join, I been a bee keeper for about 3 years, currently have 4 hives and had quite a journey of bee keeping to ranging from swarm collections, angry bees and bees not doing what the books say 😀
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